Logano Wins as Scott and Wallace get locked in: The Royal Purple 300 Review

Joey Logano gave Joe Gibbs yet another Auto Club Win. It was the 8th straight Auto Club Nationwide win for Gibbs but they still can’t get it done in the Sprint Cup Series though.

The ‘story to watch’ as the race unfolded were the teams vying for locked in status in two weeks. Brian Scott and Kenny Wallace needed big runs this week to stay locked in. Scott came home 4th, and Wallace was 7th, allowing both of them some breathing room.

There are five teams that are now locked in that started the year outside the top 30. That means that 5 teams are now out; MAKE Motorsports, with Driver T.J. Bell, Go Green Racing with Joey Gase, Jimmy Means with Tim Schendel, The Joe Gibbs #20 team, and Jay Robinson Racing’s #28 are all out. While Kyle Busch Motorsports, Mike Bliss in the TriStar #44 team, The ML Motorsports #70, Brad Keselowski’s #22 and Benny Gordon’s #24 team are all locked in now.

Results and More after the jump!

Finish

Qual.

Driver

Team

Laps

Status

1

1

Joey Logano

18 TransLux Toyota

150

Running

2

10

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford

150

Running

3

3

Brad Keselowski

22 America’s Tire / Dodge Dealers Dodge

150

Running

4

7

Brian Scott

11 Dollar General / Clorox Toyota

150

Running

5

4

Austin Dillon

3 AdvoCare / American Ethanol Chevrolet

150

Running

6

14

Brad Sweet

38 Great Clips Chevrolet

150

Running

7

6

Kenny Wallace

09 RAB Racing Toyota

150

Running

8

15

Kyle Busch

54 Monster Energy Toyota

150

Running

9

5

Elliott Sadler

2 Pierre Drive Thru Chevrolet

150

Running

10

8

Brendan Gaughan

33 South Point Chevrolet

150

Running

11

16

Michael Annett

43 Flying J / Pilot Ford

150

Running

12

17

James Buescher

30 Deft Chevrolet

150

Running

13

11

Sam Hornish Jr.

12 Alliance Truck Parts / Dodge Dealers Dodge

150

Running

14

9

Trevor Bayne

60 Ford EcoBoost Ford

150

Running

15

13

Jason Bowles

81 American Majority Toyota

150

Running

16

22

Tayler Malsam

19 G-Oil Chevrolet

150

Running

17

18

Mike Bliss

44 DoubleTree Hotel Claremont / Bandit Toyota

150

Running

18

19

Mike Wallace

01 Global Barter Corporation Chevrolet

150

Running

19

20

Joe Nemechek

87 AM FM Energy Toyota

149

Running

20

28

Jeremy Clements

51 GoodInfo.com Chevrolet

148

Running

21

35

Robert Richardson

23 North Texas Pipe Chevrolet

148

Running

22

33

Benny Gordon

24 Bigger Picture / High Road Chevrolet

148

Running

23

32

Joey Gase

39 Go Green Racing Ford

148

Running

24

31

Erik Darnell

40 The Motorsports Group Chevrolet

147

Running

25

24

Blake Koch

41 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet

147

Running

26

25

Eric McClure

14 Hefty / Reynolds Wrap Toyota

146

Running

27

27

T.J. Bell

50 Turbine Powered Technology Chevrolet

145

Running

28

39

Daryl Harr

4 iWorld Chevrolet

145

Running

29

34

Tim Schendel

52 Means Motorsports Chevrolet

145

Running

30

12

Cole Whitt

88 TaxSlayer / Air Hogs Chevrolet

142

Out of race

31

40

David Green

70 ML Motorsports Dodge

139

Out of race

32

2

Justin Allgaier

31 Brandt Monterey Chevrolet

112

Out of race

33

38

Kevin Lepage

28 Robinson-Blakeney Racing Chevrolet

82

Out of race

34

37

Morgan Shepherd

89 Racing with Jesus Chevrolet

66

Out of race

35

21

Danica Patrick

7 GoDaddy.com / Tissot Chevrolet

63

Out of race

36

29

Tim Andrews

08 Randy Hill Racing Ford

22

Start And Park

37

43

Scott Riggs

15 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet

9

Start And Park

38

36

Chase Miller

46 The Motorsports Group Chevrolet

8

Start And Park

39

30

Josh Wise

42 The Motorsports Group Chevrolet

6

Start And Park

40

41

Mike Harmon

74 Koma Unwind Chevrolet

5

Start And Park

41

23

Scott Speed

47 The Motorsports Group Chevrolet

4

Start And Park

42

42

John Jackson

72 James Carter Toyota

3

Start And Park

43

26

Jeff Green

10 TriStar Motorsports Toyota

2

Start And Park

Elliott Sadler is on fire. His five top tens to start the year have him as the Points Leader heading into the break. He still needs to sustain this in order to make a run at a championship. Here’s how the top 10 in points looks:

Rank

Car #

Driver

Sponsor

Make

Owner

Points

1

2

Elliott Sadler (W2)

One Main Financial

Chevy

Richard Childress Racing

214

2

6

Ricky Stenhouse Jr (PC) (W1)

Kelloggs Pop Tarts

Ford

Roush Fenway

196

3

3

Austin Dillon ®

Advocare/Bass Pro Shops

Chevy

Richard Childress Racing

187

4

60

Trevor Bayne

Ford EcoBoost

Ford

Roush Fenway

180

5

12

Sam Hornish Jr

Alliance Truck Parts

Dodge

Penske Racing

160

6

88

Cole Whitt ®

Hellmann’s/TaxSlayer/Degree

Chevy

JR Motorsports

151

7

43

Michael Annett

Pilot Flying J

Ford

Richard Petty Motorsports

148

8

19

Tayler Malsam ®

G-Oil

Toyota

Tri-Star Motorsports

144

9

31

Justin Allgaier

Brandt

Chevy

Turner Motorsports

126

10

44

Mike Bliss

Bandit Chippers

Toyota

Tri-Star Motorsports

119

When we return in two weeks, here’s how the battle for the top 31 looks:

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